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@article{ART002382819},
author={Heon KIM},
title={The Ancient Olympics and Panegyricus},
journal={Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University},
issn={1598-3021},
year={2018},
volume={75},
number={3},
pages={13-51},
doi={10.17326/jhsnu.75.3.201808.13}

TY - JOUR
AU - Heon KIM
TI - The Ancient Olympics and Panegyricus
JO - Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University
PY - 2018
VL - 75
IS - 3
PB - Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
SP - 13
EP - 51
SN - 1598-3021
AB - This article comprises part of a larger research endeavor exploring the theme of “Festival and Life in the Ancient Greek and Roman World.” Given that the festival was the most important frame for cultural consumption in ancient western society, it is necessary to study the festival in order to understand and appreciate literature works as tragedy, comedy, and lyrics. For example, as tragedy and comedy (the most representative literature genres) were presented in the festival Dionysia, many important points might escape our notice if literary works were only approached from the perspective of textual criticism, ignoring any contextual considerations of the festival. In this article, Isocrstes’ epideictic discourse Panegyricus is the object of analysis. This political discourse was delivered in the ancient Olympics in 380 BCE, even though we do not know exactly in which program it was spoken at this panhellenic festival, which was the most famous sporting event of the time. He gave counsel on the war against the barbarians, so to speak, Persians and on the concord among Greeks. This idea can be called panhellenism, which was Isocrates’ consistent political project for the Greeks; it was also a political and rhetorical topos popularly used in panhellenic oration at that time. Although he thought of Athens as the leader of the panhellenic league, his intention was to show the conditions that the leader city-state should fulfil. In conclusion, the Olympics were the most effective place for delivering his panhellenic oration.
KW - Festival;Olympics;Ancient Greece;Rhetoric;Epideictic Discourse;Isocrates;Panhellenism
DO - 10.17326/jhsnu.75.3.201808.13
ER -

Heon KIM. (2018). The Ancient Olympics and Panegyricus. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 75(3), 13-51.

Heon KIM. 2018, "The Ancient Olympics and Panegyricus", Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, vol.75, no.3 pp.13-51. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.75.3.201808.13

Heon KIM "The Ancient Olympics and Panegyricus" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 75.3 pp.13-51 (2018) : 13.

Heon KIM. The Ancient Olympics and Panegyricus. 2018; 75(3), 13-51. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.75.3.201808.13

Heon KIM. "The Ancient Olympics and Panegyricus" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 75, no.3 (2018) : 13-51.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.75.3.201808.13

Heon KIM. The Ancient Olympics and Panegyricus. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 75(3), 13-51. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.75.3.201808.13

Heon KIM. The Ancient Olympics and Panegyricus. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University. 2018; 75(3) 13-51. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.75.3.201808.13

Heon KIM. The Ancient Olympics and Panegyricus. 2018; 75(3), 13-51. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.75.3.201808.13

Heon KIM. "The Ancient Olympics and Panegyricus" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 75, no.3 (2018) : 13-51.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.75.3.201808.13